Wang Renkan was obviously a little surprised that Lu Hong paid special attention to this accompanying Yong battalion, but now the top priority is obviously how to supervise the affairs of the Nanyang Naval Division, after all, one of these days got the news, and the other Qin sent Zhirui to supervise the Lu Division, and he really impeached many officers and officials, so he mentioned this matter in passing when he was discussing the matter that day.

Lu Hong has nothing to hide, among this batch of students, the study time in the martial arts academy is long and short, and some of them have no formal military experience at all, to really come in handy, it is not just a person who can be issued a gun, this strict training is naturally necessary, and he claims to be familiar with Western military training, so he naturally has to worry about Wang Renkan!

Wang Renkan was quite satisfied with Lu Hong's disposal, for him, what he wanted was to get the things assigned by the emperor done, obviously, the most important is the capable and diligent subordinates, originally he handed over this group of people to Lu Hong to take care of, at that time he didn't plan to send much use, after all, the literati in this era have no good views on being soldiers...... However, now it sounds like Lu Hong is preparing to put this group of people to good use, which is a good idea.

Lu Hong naturally needs to go all out to win Wang Renkan's approval, after all, now this Yong Battalion is mainly responsible for the heavy responsibility of the Qin Mission's guards, Wang Renkan's recognition of his own approach is of great significance to his own management of these people in the future, and these guards At present, Lu Hong has never thought of instilling any revolutionary ideas for him, that thing is too advanced, his focus, to put it bluntly, is to cultivate his own cronies.

In the discussion that night, Wang Renkan adopted Yan Fu's opinions on the supervision of military discipline of the Nanyang Naval Division, which naturally focused on the cost of ammunition, maintenance, and training of the naval division, and Lu Hong had some ideas, but he was far less familiar with this second-class Chinese naval division than Yan Fu, so he didn't say much, but concentrated on controlling this 30-person brave battalion on the ship.

To Lu Hong's surprise, Wang Renkan was actually quite interested in his training, and came to watch from time to time, and when he saw these soldiers practicing the training methods proposed by Lu Hongxin, he also sounded with interest, but Yan Fu never appeared on the ship for two days, and asked Wang Renkan, only then did he know that he was concentrating on studying his plan for supervising military discipline in the cabin.

Two days later, when the Chengyu approached the Huangpu Wharf in the British Concession in Shanghai, Lu Hong finally saw Yan Fu get off the boat with red eyes, which made him frightened, could this guy be guilty of pink eye, in this era, the thing with the surname of the virus is really terrible, he immediately made a statement of concern, "Brother Dao, what's going on with your eyes, it's not sick!" ”

Yan Fu has obviously encountered very difficult problems in the past few days, but this guy obviously intends to continue the drafting of the supervision plan this time, and perform well, and his familiarity with the sailor makes him well aware of the intertwined relationship between them.

Lu Hong suddenly came over to ask, startling him who was pondering, but immediately shook his head, "Lu Yunju, it's okay, it's just that I didn't sleep well at night when I thought of the things assigned by Lord Wang!" ”

Lu Hong smiled, for this guy's careful thinking, he didn't have to guess to think that this guy is definitely a little paranoid, it is said that capable guys are like this, it seems that this is true! In this matter, I definitely don't want to let myself get involved, but ...... I didn't plan to intervene in the first place, after all, even if I have the knowledge of future generations, but in terms of details, it is not as good as this guy to understand the sailor, and taking this opportunity to carefully investigate and investigate is the right way.

However, he didn't plan to become any rival with Yan Fu's guy, this guy was definitely an object worth borrowing, he smiled slightly, and said: "Brother Dao, you know more about the water master than me, I have a few questions I want to ask!" ”

Yan Fu actually regarded Lu Hong as an absolutely formidable opponent, and after following Wang Renkan, he knew some of Lu Hong's background, and even knew Lu Hong's big prophecy in front of Li Hongzhang, which made him feel deeply pressured...... Therefore, after Wang Renkan sent him on an errand, he definitely devoted himself to planning, and this was not Wang Renkan's sincere attempt!

Now, Lu Hong asked himself very politely, he was also stunned, touched his mustache, and said with a smile: "Lu Yun has awarded the award, and a few things can be regarded as having some experience in the naval world, if you know, you will naturally know everything!" ”

Lu Hong smiled and looked at this guy meaningfully, "Brother Dao, I heard you say last time that among this sailor, there are actually far fewer places to seek personal gain than Lu Shi, but this procurement, smuggling, and private use are quite disadvantages, and these must be able to make some trouble...... By the way, when I was returning to China, I happened to meet a US [***] fire merchant, and he mentioned in casual chat that when a large number of overseas arms finally entered the warehouse of the Chinese [***] team, the price had already increased several times compared with when they entered the customs! But I don't know if a few brothers have heard of it! ”

His question immediately made Yan Fu stunned, he really hadn't heard of the rumors that Lu Hong talked about, but there were indeed a lot of armaments in the navy that came from foreign businessmen, but there was a bit of nowhere to start when this matter was investigated...... In his copy to Wang Renkan, he mentioned that when his students came to visit him in his early years, he often mentioned that the large amount of training and purchase fees of the sailors were deducted by various blatant means by the officers and officials in charge of procurement, which was the most likely violation of discipline that he had thought about and was most likely to be verified.

However, he has a headache these days, but he is afraid that if he investigates deeply, it will be too wide to end the scene! And what Lu Hong mentioned, he immediately realized that this person was not here to ask for advice, but to convey some information to himself that he didn't seem to notice...... And thinking of his original careful thoughts, Yan Fu's expression was slightly embarrassed!

He thought about it for a moment, and immediately figured out something, he reached out and took out a few pieces of bamboo paper from his bag, "Lu Yunju, these are some of the plans I have considered on the boat, if I have time in a while, please come and discuss together!" ”

Lu Hong politely said two sentences, naturally full of mouth, the sailor thinks that it is a large amount of military expenditure, from which he carefully touches, he thinks that he will definitely be able to find a breakthrough, and with Yan Fu here, I am afraid that among the Nanyang sailors, he also has a lot of contacts, and making good use of these channels will obviously have the effect of getting twice the result with half the effort!

When Wang Renkan and his entourage got off the boat, there were already a lot of officials outside, seven or eight officials surrounded a slightly chubby old man with a white face and a long beard, and then someone on the opposite side came to hand over the stickers, but it was Huang Zuluo of Shanghai Daotai, and behind him were officials at all levels in Shanghai County, who naturally got the news early and were waiting here.

This kind of thing to usher in and send to, now Lu Hong has to take the knife himself, fortunately, Qin Tianmin is next to him, but he does not leak, and he obviously also noticed that in this errand to be sent, Tan Xianpin and Red Ribbon Rongqing are obviously familiar with the way, while the half-old man Feng Hesheng has a disgusted expression on his face, as for Yan Fu, this guy is standing behind Wang Renkan expressionlessly, and he doesn't seem to have the consciousness to come over to help at all...... No wonder this guy is not doing well with Li Hongzhang! In fact, Lao Li still values this guy very much, but unfortunately he can't fit into that circle at all!

Later that day, when Wang Renkan settled in the temporary mansion on Tongwen Road, there were three burly men dressed in military attache robes at the door, one of them was full of beard and a red birthmark on the left side of his face, it was Guo Baochang, the current commander of the Nanyang Naval Division, and the other tall and thin man was Yuan Jiugao, the left wing commander of the Water Division, and the yellow-faced strong man was Wu Ankang, the right wing commander.

And a little later, Lu Hong and Yan Fu heard Wang Renkan in the living room very harshly reprimanding the three second-grade and third-grade military attachés, but there was no politeness between the words, and these three strong men who were five big and three thick were extremely deferential in front of Wang Renkan, and after being severely reprimanded, they were all accompanied by smiling faces!

Lu Hong is somewhat incomprehensible to Lu Hong, in this era of officialdom to usher in the rules on the surface, he is now a member of the officialdom, and he already knows a lot about the blatant [***] under the Manchu political axe system, but Wang Renkan's attitude towards military attaches and civilian officials is very different, which still surprises him.

This situation made Lu Hong really see the rules of the noble and military in this era, Wang Renkan actually only knew these three senior military attachés of the Navy Division today, and what made him angry was the expensive tribute sent by these three people, in fact, in the afternoon, Shanghai Daotai Huang Zuluo and his party of local officials also sent a tribute, but they didn't see that this champion had any intention of refusing!

When Lu Hong sent off Wang Renkan on behalf of the guests, Qin Tianmin also came over, but this guy quickly became familiar with Guo Baochang, and when he arrived at the door, Guo Baochang had already invited Lu Hong and Qin Tianmin to get together.

After Guo Baochang came out of the mansion, when he turned the intersection, he immediately put away his greeting face, and the three of them boarded a carriage that had been waiting here for a long time, Guo Baochang, who had shown a fierce appearance before, was completely shrewd at the moment, he looked at the two cronies, and immediately said: "The news from the prince's side, sure enough, this time the Qincha is from a clear stream, we have made silver, and it is estimated that we may not be able to cope with it. ”

Wu Ankang touched the sparse beard on his yellow face with some impatience, "Commander, it should be no problem to slow down, I'm afraid that if we delay for too long, we will inevitably lose a lot of silver......

Guo Baochang's face turned cold, "Wu Yichang, I have the final say on this matter, you go and arrange it immediately, don't underestimate this Wang Renkan, the prince said, this time it is an errand sent by the emperor, whoever is unlucky to put it on, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to get out...... Be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, tomorrow the two of you will send the boat out, and the province will be targeted by them! ”

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